Re: OT My ibook won't turn off
On 8/29/06, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sent a bunch of files to my web site this morning, using Fetch, and > went to shut the ibook down. Not sure if this is a cause, but i > acidently clicked on the little battery icon during shut down and now > that stupid spinning coloured wheel has been spinning for over two > hours. Try pressing and holding down the power button. If that doesn't work, remove the battery, then unplug the AC power adapter. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT My ibook won't turn off
You can always hold the power button down for a few seconds to force a power off. The filesystem is journalling by default, so you won't hurt anything. (I assume you've already tried to kill anything still running). -R On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, David J Brooks wrote: > Sent a bunch of files to my web site this morning, using Fetch, and > went to shut the ibook down. Not sure if this is a cause, but i > acidently clicked on the little battery icon during shut down and now > that stupid spinning coloured wheel has been spinning for over two > hours. > > Can i shut my ibook down some how, or am i in trouble here. > > Dave > > Equine Photography in York Region > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: OT My ibook won't turn off
Damn Apples! Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT My ibook won't turn off
That did it. D'oh, i feel like a dolt sometimes. Yes only sometimes Cotty.:-) I tried holding the power button down, but obviously not long enough. I hope this is not a sign for the rest of the week. My truck is in for repair, had to take the wifes car in this morning for emergency surgery, daughters car didi not pass the air test, so it will need surgery tomorow, now this.:-) I'm going to take a different week off, next year. Dave Quoting ryan brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You can always hold the power button down for a few seconds to force a > power off. The filesystem is journalling by default, so you won't hurt > anything. > > (I assume you've already tried to kill anything still running). > > -R > > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Sent a bunch of files to my web site this morning, using Fetch, and >> went to shut the ibook down. Not sure if this is a cause, but i >> acidently clicked on the little battery icon during shut down and now >> that stupid spinning coloured wheel has been spinning for over two >> hours. >> >> Can i shut my ibook down some how, or am i in trouble here. >> >> Dave >> >> Equine Photography in York Region >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT My ibook won't turn off
On 29/8/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >That did it. > >D'oh, i feel like a dolt sometimes. Yes only sometimes Cotty.:-) > >I tried holding the power button down, but obviously not long enough. The other thing you should do after you get the spinning beach ball and an improper shutdown, or any system-wide glitch that is out of the ordinary is to repair disk permissions. Go into the Utilities folder (menubar>Go>Utilities) and find 'Disk Utility'. Double-click on it to run it. Once opened, select your iBook's boot partition from the list on the left - if only one partition it will just show one icon (underneath the hard drive icon), called something like 'Dave's iBook' or 'Horseshit' or whatever you named your computer ;-) Select it by clicking on it once, then click on 'Repair Disk Permissions'. Let it go through this procedure (shouldn't take long) and then quit the application when finished. It's a bit like mopping up the mess after a fine filly has just had a bloody good seeing to by Flicka. HTH ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT My ibook won't turn off
Humm. Seems as though some of the preff's were off a tad. Hopefully that will help. Thanks Dave Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 29/8/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> That did it. >> >> D'oh, i feel like a dolt sometimes. Yes only sometimes Cotty.:-) >> >> I tried holding the power button down, but obviously not long enough. > > The other thing you should do after you get the spinning beach ball and > an improper shutdown, or any system-wide glitch that is out of the > ordinary is to repair disk permissions. > > Go into the Utilities folder (menubar>Go>Utilities) and find 'Disk > Utility'. Double-click on it to run it. > > Once opened, select your iBook's boot partition from the list on the > left - if only one partition it will just show one icon (underneath the > hard drive icon), called something like 'Dave's iBook' or 'Horseshit' or > whatever you named your computer ;-) Select it by clicking on it once, > then click on 'Repair Disk Permissions'. Let it go through this > procedure (shouldn't take long) and then quit the application when > finished. It's a bit like mopping up the mess after a fine filly has > just had a bloody good seeing to by Flicka. > > HTH ! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
